Last night I dreamt Sylvester McCoy was my uncle and he was taking me on a tour of New York City. I suppose it's because McCoy's b...

Behold, it is Ryu, now in bronze, reserved for an eternity of admiration. And he's here, in Kashihara, part of a collaboration between...

Yesterday's Christmas miracle was the most snow I've seen in Kashihara since I moved here in 2020. It was all melted and gone ...

Spring isn't quite in full bloom here in Kashihara, Japan, but some of the trees have jumped the gun. Also, the annual Turtlepocalypse...

My little winter vacation is coming to an end and I'm feeling especially lazy to-day. So here are some pictures that have accumulated ...

I was walking with a favourite student yesterday when she ran across one of the little canals in the neighbourhood and picked this higanba...

My birthday yesterday turned out to be pretty great for unanticipated reasons. An elementary school teacher I'd met a few days earlier...

Some heavy snowflakes were falling quickly and copiously this morning at Yamato Yagi station. Still not enough to make it pile up. It...

I guess I didn't need to go all the way to Shiga to see snow because we had plenty right here in Kashihara this morning. Though, s...